http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/: Serializer to write out XML, HTML etc. as a stream of characters from an input DOM or from input SAX events. (The Apache Software Foundation) 
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/*
 * $Id: XMLStringFactory.java 468655 2006-10-28 07:12:06Z minchau $
 */
package org.apache.xml.utils;


A concrete class that implements this interface creates XMLString objects.

/**
 * A concrete class that implements this interface creates XMLString objects.
 */
public abstract class XMLStringFactory
{

  
Create a new XMLString from a Java string.

Params:
  • string – Java String reference, which must be non-null.
Returns:An XMLString object that wraps the String reference.
/**
   * Create a new XMLString from a Java string.
   *
   *
   * @param string Java String reference, which must be non-null.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the String reference.
   */
  public abstract XMLString newstr(String string);

  
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.

Params:
  • string – FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
  • start – The start position in the array.
  • length – The number of characters to read from the array.
Returns:An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.
/**
   * Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
   *
   *
   * @param string FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
   * @param start The start position in the array.
   * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.
   */
  public abstract XMLString newstr(FastStringBuffer string, int start, 
                                   int length);

  
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.

Params:
  • string – FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
  • start – The start position in the array.
  • length – The number of characters to read from the array.
Returns:An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.
/**
   * Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
   *
   *
   * @param string FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
   * @param start The start position in the array.
   * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.
   */
  public abstract XMLString newstr(char[] string, int start, 
                                   int length);
                                   
  
Get a cheap representation of an empty string.

Returns:An non-null reference to an XMLString that represents "".
/**
   * Get a cheap representation of an empty string.
   * 
   * @return An non-null reference to an XMLString that represents "".
   */
  public abstract XMLString emptystr();
}